Also found out she needed one tyre replaced and two air bags had failed on the back axle, also that the muffler was more swiss cheese than anything else - needless to say these issues were fixed using bits and pieces off the Mercedes Benz O305's that have been joining my first shed on the trip to coming back to me as a razor - mind you all useful parts were removed before
Another issue, it would appear that the throttle dip on 1930 was disconnected by Fearnes, not sure why - with 1964 which received an engine rebuild by Fearnes - the throttle dip is gone, on 1930 it appears to be disconnected.
Lack of throttle dip means that the transmissions retarder does not come on, meaning more reliance on the vehicles brakes as opposed to having the transmission commence the slowing of the vehicle
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| E. Parker photo |
1930 up on the stands prepped for surgery
Out with the old one
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| E.Parker photo |
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| Certainly greener than the other one! |
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| A few more items to be reconnected and belts to go on |
After the other mkI in the group, former 1964 suffering some mechanical issues (first time since they were both purchased in 2007) instead of putting water into 1930 like I did with 2413 after it's transplant (only as a temporary measure) coolant went straight into 1930. I have still to go for a run in her though - other things have been happening since this was done.
2202 off to the scrappers
I was always going to send this one off to scrap - it has never run under it's own power and really if push came to shove, it's alot easier to have sheds that can be jump started and moved around than having to hook up a tow truck (or another bus) to the shed to move it around.
An opportunity arose as well when former 2350 was offered through a scrap dealer, it has already been stripped of seats and all it really needed was a good clean out - so most of the items stored in 2202 were moved into 2350, along with other items into former 2735 - their final positions in the yard are to be sorted out still
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